PhD defense: Quentin ROSSI

Quentin Rossi (IPCMS / DMONS)

Ces travaux ont été réalisés sous la direction de Matthieu BAILLEUL et de Daniel STOEFFLER.

PhD defense: Pierre Guichard

Pierre Guichard (IPCMS / DON)

This work was carried out under the supervision of Paul-Antoine HERVIEUX and Giovanni MANFREDI.

PhD defense: Hajar El Hachmi

Hajar El Hachmi (IPCMS-DMO / CRBS)

This work was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz (IPCMS/DMO) et Dr. Antoine Kichler. (CRBS)

PhD Defense: Quentin FENOY

Quentin FENOY (IPCMS / DMONS)

This work has been performed under the supervision of Arnaud Gloppe

A small celebration will be held in the IPCMS cafeteria after the presentation, to which you are also cordially invited.

PhD’s Defense : Arnaud Jablonski

The defense will take place on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, at 2 pm in the IPCMS auditorium.

This PhD was conducted under the supervision of Damien Mertz

The defense will be followed by a reception in the cafetaria, to which you are warmly invited

PhD Defense : Léon Schmidt

Léon Schmidt (IPCMS-DSI)

This work (of which you will find a summary attached) was carried out under the supervision of Walid BAAZIZ and Ovidiu ERSEN in the Surfaces and Interfaces Department (DSI) of IPCMS, in collaboration with the SOLEIL synchrotron (HERMES beamline) and CEA Paris-Saclay (SPEC-LNO).

Abstract

Zoom link : https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/92360896937?pwd=mTsqfhCPlUFibG4T9h4ohscNgTaH53.1

ID de réunion: 923 6089 6937

Code secret: VDtqt7

The defense will be followed by a reception in the IPCMS cafeteria, to which you are all cordially invited.

PhD Defense : Zhenghan FENG

Zhenghan FENG (IPCMS – DMO)

Supervisor: Matteo MAURO

Abstract : An ortho-fluoroazobenzene-based ligand (Azo-F) capable of reversible visible-light photoswitching was synthesized and characterized. Its photophysical properties, computational analysis, photoisomerization quantum yield, and kinetics were investigated. Two reported solubilizing ligands (L1 and L2) were also mentioned with improved characterization. Metallopolymers from Azo-F with L1 or L2, coordinated with Zn2+, Co2+, or Eu3+, were studied in detail. Their optical behavior, gelation, and xerogel morphology were analyzed by UV–Vis, SEM, and EDS. Remarkably, one metallopolymeric gel showed a reversible gel-sol transition under visible light with fiber-like xerogel formation. Finally, a new thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-based ligand was prepared, displaying solvatofluorochromism and photo/electrochromic behavior in various solvents. The related metallopolymers with Zn2+ or Co2+ exhibited distinct photochromic responses, and PMMA films showed reversible photochromism.

PhD Defense : Hilaire MBA

Hilaire MBA (IPCMS – DSI)

This work was carried out under the supervision of Professor Florian BANHART and Dr. Matthieu PICHER.

After the defence, a small reception will be held in the IPCMS cafeteria, to which you are warmly invited.

PhD Defense : Lilian COLIN

Lilian COLIN (IPCMS – DMO)

Carried out under the supervision of Dr Stéphane Méry (IPCMS – DMO) and Dr Loïc Mager (IPCMS – DON).

The defense will take place on Friday, November 28, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., in the Grünewald Amphitheater at IPHC.

It will be followed by an informal reception at the IPCMS cafeteria.